so we see him red sent about putting boots on the ground. the president certainly has not been reluctant to use force in a variety of ways. usually on small scale drone strikes, raids and the like. where i would fault the president is that he hasn't been able to go beyond learning the negative lessons of the bush era to coming up with a positive approach to the islamic world. shortly after he was inaugurated, he went to cairo and gave a famous speech. there was going to be a new beginning, turn the page, a new beginning of u.s. relations with the islamic world. who would not endorse that? i certainly do. it's come to á-bdnothing. nobody in the obama administration either in the first term or in the present term as far as i can tell has been able to figure out how to operationalize this notion of a new relationship between ourselves and the islamic world. one can give secretary kerry credit for trying to restart the process between israel and palestinians. were we able to broker a peace that created a sovereign, coherent, viable state that